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Physical description:
volume illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Photographs, Original
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Chapbooks
Fanzines
Found objects
Prints
Date:
1993
2004
20th century
Notes:
Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (spring 1994)
Each issue is hand-made and unique, combining original prints, found items, rubber-stamping, small artifacts, and ephemera, etc
Editor: J. Brewton
Imprint varies: Ventura, Calif. : X-Ray Book Co., 2001-
Issue no. 2 (Spring 1994) is the only issue to have a theme ("Chance")
Some of the featured artists or authors include: Charles Bukowski; John Cage; Jaime Crespo; Geof Huth; Ray Johnson; Frank Kohler; Jackson MacLow; Michael Montfort; Hunter S. Thompson; and others
The publication runs are limited, often with numbered copies. Some of the individual artistic or literary contributions have also been signed and/or separately numbered by their artists or authors
Vol. numbering dropped after v. 1, no. 4
All HMSGRB copies have the original clear plastic binders with colored plastic strip spines, and are housed in separate archival envelopes
HMSGRB c. 1 of v. 1, no. 2 (39088014945695) is no. 8 of 200 copies, with a portion of a map captioned "St. Teresa" and a printed plastic label for "Fortune teller miracle fish" on the cover
HMSGRB c. 1 of v. 1, no. 3 (39088014945927) is no. 13 of 200 copies, with a found photograph (a portrait of a sailor, with hand-drawn markings) on the cover
HMSGRB c. 2 of v. 1, no. 2 (39088014945976) is no. 12 of 200 copies, with a portion of a map captioned "Galena" and a printed plastic label for "Fortune teller miracle fish" on the cover
HMSGRB c. 2 of v. 1, no. 3 (39088014945778) is no. 200 of 200 copies, with a found photograph (a portrait of a woman standing in front of a shop with a Chesterfield cigarette advertisement in the window) on the cover
HMSGRB has 2 copies of v. 1, no. 2 (Spring 1994), and 2 copies of v. 1, no. 3 (Fall 1994)
